Background on Voltaire:
- Born November 21, 1694 in Paris
- Educated at Louis-le-Grand, a Jesuit college, and left when he was 17
- Made friends with Parisian aristocrats
- Controversial opinions regarding government, politics, religion
- Wrote a great deal throughout his life on these topics and more
- La Henriade (1723) - Not considered his greatest work - some say it was not very original and that it seemed as though Voltaire did not understand exactly how to write an epic poem like The Aeneid
- Divided into 10 cantos
- 2 parts:
- one from factual, historical perspective
- the other is more free-thinking - from Voltaire's imagination
- Discusses Henry IV of Navarre and his conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism and the
· What similarities/differences are there in the meter of both works? · Are there any common themes in both works? - How do you think The Aeneid and La Henriade compare in terms of development of characters and storyline?
Background on Voltaire:
- Born November 21, 1694 in Paris
- Educated at Louis-le-Grand, a Jesuit college, and left when he was 17
- Made friends with Parisian aristocrats
- Controversial opinions regarding government, politics, religion
- Wrote a great deal throughout his life on these topics and more
- La Henriade (1723)
- Not considered his greatest work - some say it was not very original and that it seemed as though Voltaire did not understand exactly how to write an epic poem like The Aeneid
- Divided into 10 cantos
- 2 parts:
- one from factual, historical perspective
- the other is more free-thinking - from Voltaire's imagination
- Discusses Henry IV of Navarre and his conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism and the
· What similarities/differences are there in the meter of both works?
· Are there any common themes in both works?
- How do you think The Aeneid and La Henriade compare in terms of development of characters and storyline?
http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Henriade
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/voltaire.html